A 110-kilometre network of roads across Brisbane City will be shut down on a Sunday morning in April as thousands of cyclists hit the streets for the new Tour de Brisbane.

The race, which will take place on April 14, will feature as the main event of the Brisbane Cycling Festival.

Infrastructure chairman Amanda Cooper said, “it’s not a small event, it’s an event that has very wide implications not just for Brisbane.”

The cyclists will ride along the Western Freeway and the South-Eastern Busway, touching on Redlands council borders before turning back to the city.